Since Pope Benedict XVI promulgated his apostolic constitution on welcoming the faithful of the Anglican tradition back into the Catholic Church, many questions have arisen. These questions touch on such controversial subjects as the application […]
Like many Super Bowl commercials, this year’s “Tim Tebow ad” generated a controversy that extended beyond its 30-second running time, both before and after it aired. Provocative Super Bowl ads created expressly to garner priceless […]
Emily Belz of the evangelical publication WORLD magazine made a fascinating discovery after listening to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s keynote address to the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. In that February speech, […]
Wesley J. Smith is a Senior Fellow in Human Rights and Bioethics at the Discovery Institute. He is also a consultant to the International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, and a special consultant […]
Describing the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) as “misbegotten in concept and corrupt in practice,” Father Richard John Neuhaus, the late editor of First Things, wrote in 2008 […]
When Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected the 265th pope on April 19, 2005, many reporters failed to come to terms with his theological depth. Instead, they tended to view him politically, at times employing the […]
The flag was flying from its flagpole over Buckingham Palace and 12-year-old Henry Kirk nodded knowledgeably. “Royal standard,” he said. “That indicates that the Queen’s at home. She’s been there all week. We noticed it […]
The suffering of the disabled living through the ethnic conflict in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is only seen now that the fighting has abated. Church-funded community groups are picking […]
This spring the French parliament is scheduled to debate a bill proposing revisions to the national bioethics laws currently in force. In January 2010 the pertinent legislative commission published its report, which addresses questions about […]
Of all the foreign citizens seeking political asylum in the United States—individuals trying to escape war, genocide, or torture come readily to mind—those fighting for the right to educate their children at home might seem […]
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